Part I: James Madison and American Federalism

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Chapter 2 – Federalism versus Anti-Federalism

Sections:

• America under the Articles of Confederation
• The Founders and the Constitutional Convention
• Adams, Jefferson, and the Constitution
• James Madison’s Quest
• Madison Discovers David Hume
• Madison’s Conclusion and his Hopes
• The New American Federalism
• The Anti-Federalists
• The Anti-Federalists’ Predictions

Chapter 3 – National versus State Sovereignty

Sections:

• The Bill of Rights
• The Unresolved Question of Federalism
• The National Government Expansion
• The Birth of America’s Political Parties
• The Alien and Sedition Acts
• Thomas Jefferson and the Kentucky Resolutions
• States’ Rights and the Prelude to War
• The American Civil War and Federalism
• Minority Rights and Majority Rule
• Federalism and the Intent of the Founders

Chapter 4 – A Proposal from James Madison

Sections:

• James Madison’s Self-contradiction
• Madison and the Virginia Resolution
• Madison’s Ingenious Insight
• Who Gets to Make the Final Decisions?
• Is Our Sovereignty Divided or Surrendered?
• The Effects of the Election Process
• From the Eighteenth Century to Today

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